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In our new series on investing for impact, Endeavor Group partner Ashley Allen looks at how foundations and individuals can leverage policy advocacy, public-private partnerships, data collection and analysis, social media, and the regulatory environment to maximize their philanthropic investments.
Innovations in Measurement and Evaluation
by Ashley Allen
In the fourth installment of her series about investing for impact, Ashley Allen looks at the practices of three leading grantmakers as models for advancing measurement and evaluation in the philanthropic sector....
9/28/11
Education Reform
by Ashley Allen
6/06/11
Combining Social and Financial Returns
by Ashley Allen
4/06/11
Policy Advocacy
by Ashley Allen
2/22/11
Through an agreement with UK-based Alliance magazine, PND is pleased to be able to offer a series of articles about global philanthropy.
Interview - Jamie Cooper-Hohn
by
Caroline Hartnell
In the latest installment of our Alliance@PND series, Alliance editor Caroline Hartnell interviews the president and CEO of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation about "course-correcting" their investment-oriented philanthropy strategy....
5/18/12
Bringing Community Philanthropy to the Next Stage
by Barry Knight
4/04/12
Interview - Dame Stephanie Shirley and Roberta d'Eustachio
by Caroline Hartnell
2/02/12
Time for U.S. Foundations to Engage with the Arab Region
by Nadia Roumani, Moukhtar Kocache
12/28/11
Belarus - A Testing Ground for Donors
by Pavol Demes
11/16/11
Through an agreement with the Stanford Social Innovation Review, PND is pleased to be able to offer a series of articles and profiles related to the “business” of improving society.
The Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector
by
Christopher Stone, Nathalie Kylander
In the latest article in our SSIR series, the researchers of a recent study on nonprofit branding share details of how the sector is pushing beyond the boundaries of brand as fundraising tool into a broader and more strategic approach designed to create greater social impact and tighter organizational cohesion....
4/30/12
Why More Nonprofits Are Getting Bigger
by Peter Kim, Jeffrey Bradach
3/30/12
A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy
by Paul Brest
2/29/12
Five Ways to Navigate the Fiscal Crisis
by Willa Seldon, Daniel Stid
1/24/12
Social Impact Markets
by Andrew Wolk
12/08/11
Through an arrangement with TechSoup, PND is pleased to offer a series of articles about the effective use of technology by nonprofits.
How The James Irvine Foundation Received Microsoft Donations Through TechSoup
by
Jim Lynch
Jim Lynch, co-director of TechSoup's GreenTech program, interviews Irvine IT director Jeff Brandenburg about the experience of getting the first donations in his foundation's long history....
5/22/12
Funding Nonprofit Technology to Support Innovation
by Laura Quinn, Amy Wagner, Chris Bernard
4/28/12
A Few Good Tools for Video Editing
by Kyle Henri Andrei
3/21/12
Ten Common Mistakes in Selecting Donor Databases (And How to Avoid Them)
by Robert Weiner
2/23/12
Investing in Computers? 7 Questions to Consider
by TechSoup
1/18/12
Microgifts and Impulse Giving Online
by Tony Poderis
Fundraising expert Tony Poderis decodes the psychology of microgiving and provides tips to help organizations create — and curate — their own microgiving campaigns....
4/21/12
Managing and Reporting Fundraising Campaign Progress
by Tony Poderis
3/16/12
What To Do When Foundations Have Walled Themselves Off from Your Organization
by Tony Poderis
2/16/12
Technology Makes Volunteer Screening Easy and Affordable
by Beverly McIntosh
12/21/11
What to Do When All Eyes Are on You
by Jane Jordan-Meier
11/03/11
PND is pleased to offer a series of articles for jobseekers and prospective employers provided by our partners, Professionals for Nonprofits, an East Coast-based search firm that provides temporary, temp-to-hire, direct hire, and executive search services to the nonprofit sector, and Commongood Careers, a national search firm dedicated to helping today's most effective social entrepreneurs hire the best talent.
How the Nonprofit Sector Is Like a Giant Potato
by
James Weinberg, Commongood Careers
In an old Irish folktale, a man grew a giant potato in his garden, so big that it could feed his entire village. But the oversized tuber caused a series of logistical challenges that threw his hungry neighbors into a tailspin; the man's wife suggests that the potato can be cut up and eaten, thus saving the day. In today's labor market, the nonprofit sector is sort of like that giant potato. For the past several years, the sector has been growing at such a rate that it's become tough for most folks to know what to make of it....
4/10/12
Views From the Talent Pool: S*** Interviewers Say
by Commongood Careers
3/07/12
Views From the Talent Pool: Hiring Trends in 2012
by Kevin Flynn
2/08/12
Perceptions of Diversity in the Nonprofit Workplace
by James Weinberg, Allison Scott, Dana Hagenbuch, Robert Schwartz
1/11/12
Making Smart Investments in Human Capital
by James Weinberg, Dana Hagenbuch
12/08/11
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